Cutler Beckett

Cutler Beckett (1709-1746) was Governor of the British East India Company from 1745 to 1746. He was devoted to hunting down Pirates who attacked his merchant vessels, and was killed when his ship HMS Endeavour was sunken.

Biography
Born in Somersetshire, Beckett was born in a prosperous merchant family in England. After a fight with his father he joined the British East India Company and became the "Director of West African Imports and Exports" for the company. He was set back when his subordinate Jack Sparrow became a pirate and took HMS Wicked Wench for his own, losing his chance to become a knight, but more than a decade later, he became a lord and governor of the EIC.

Beckett attempted to eradicate the Pirates who troubled his merchant ships in the 1740s, declaring an all-out war on the Brethren Court. He assembled a large fleet, but when his one ship met with the "Black Pearl" (Jack Sparrow's ship), he had a one-on-one duel. Unexpectedly, the "Flying Dutchman" struck out of nowhere, and his ship HMS Endeavour was caught in between the two. The ship was destroyed and virtually all hands were lost. Beckett died, his body floating above the standard of the Company.